Edward W. Axson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre

Title

Edward W. Axson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre

Creator

Axson, Edward W.

Identifier

WWP17282

Date

1900 June 21

Description

Edward Axson writes to Jessie Wilson Sayre about his work and dog, Prince.

Source

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton University

Language

English

Text

My dear Jessie

I dont know whether I owe you a letter or not but from your not writing for so long a time I am very much afraid I do. I have been very bad about letter writing this h year and have neglected my friends shamefully—so if I do owe you one I will just have to ask forgiveness.
I had a very nice letter from Margaret yesterday which I will try to answer before long.Aunt Madge got to Nashville Tuesday night but has not come out to Mannie yet. There has been a good deal of delay in Cousin Hatties moving out this year and they will not get here before Tuesday of next week. Needless to say I shall be very glad to see Madge again—I think she will enjoy her stay out here though it will be very quiet. I have been trying my best to rent a good gentle saddle horse for her this summer and have it here when she comes, but it seems next to impossible to find a suitable one—However I still hope to do so.May and her mother were down here for a few days a couple of weeks ago—they came down to have May light up one of the furnaces which had been out of blast for repairs. May enjoyed the lighting of it very much and predicts that we are going to make a very successful year because she has given us good luck—and it has started off unusually well. We had a great deal of rain while they were here but May and I managed to get in two good horse back rides. We carried Prince with us and he had a fine time though we made him swim the Buffalo River a number of times. He is afraid of water as a rule but when he saw he had to cross or be left behind he plunged in bravely. Poor Prince has had the mange for some time now and I have let one of the negroes take him for awhile to cure him for me. He is tied up at Walter's cabin much to Prince's disgust. I was sitting on the porch Sunday when I looked up and saw him coming up the hill as hard as he could go with about three feet of rope trailing behind him—he had chewed it in two and set out for home. He came up to me wagging his tail as though he would break it off and buried his head in my lap as much to say “surely you arent going to send me back now after so bravely winning my liberty.” I let him play around all the afternoon and then carried him back and tied him up again. I have tried a number of times to get a good picture of him but he wont keep still long enough by himself for me to get a good one. The other day Mr Williams, my assistant in the Laboratory, took one with his camera of Prince and me together which is very good of Prince though it makes me look as if I wanted to snap somebody's head off. I will send you girls one of them as soon as May brings me some card mounts out next week.
I know you must have enjoyed the Yale baseball game—how I wish I could have been there too—for that and the '97 reunion and to see you all.
What are your plans for the summer—do you expect to stay in Princeton ton or will you go off somewhere part of the time?Well I must close with a lot of love for Jessie and all the rest. Now dont treat me as badly as I have you.June 21st 1900.

Lovingly
Ed.

Original Format

Letter

To

Sayre, Jessie Woodrow Wilson, 1887-1933

Files

http://resources.presidentwilson.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/EAtoJWS19000621.pdf

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Citation

Axson, Edward W., “Edward W. Axson to Jessie Woodrow Wilson Sayre,” 1900 June 21, WWP17282, Jessie Wilson Sayre Correspondence, Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library & Museum, Staunton, Virginia.